Plot:
About a little girl who is trying to hide from the pain caused by her evil stepfather and lobotomy. She ends up in a mental institution and while there she starts to imagine an alternative reality. She plans to escape from that imaginary world but to do that she needs to steal five objects before she is caught by a vile man. The story is set in the 1950's.

Trivia:
Amanda Seyfried was the first choice for Babydoll, but she dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

Emma Stone was in early talks to star as Amber, but dropped out to star in Easy A (2010).

Evan Rachel Wood was the first choice for Rocket but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts and Jena Malone replaced her.

Zack Snyder told Vanessa Hudgens that this feature would be his first action movie, despite the fact that 300 (2006) is considered an action movie.

Vanessa Hudgens says she's looking forward to being seen by a whole new audience that might not necessarily be familiar with her work in the "High School Musical" films.

Olivia Thirlby was at one stage rumored to replace Amanda Seyfried as Babydoll before Emily Browning replaced her.

Eric Dane was one of the choices to play High Roller.

Zack Snyder's first film that is not based on another work. Dawn of the Dead (2004) was a remake of a 1978 film by 'George A. Romero'. Both 300 (2006) and Watchmen (2009) were based on graphic novels. And Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) is based on a children's fantasy book. However, the film does heavily feature motifs from Lewis Carroll's book 'Alice in Wonderland' - the movie's logline while being pitched to studios was even "Alice in Wonderland with machine guns."

Tim McGraw was considered for the role of High Roller.

Before Jamie Chung replaced Emma Stone as Amber, Freida Pinto was considered to play the role.

The two banners beside Scott Glenn's character as shown in the trailer are a famous couplet from 'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu: "Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain." This was later made into a famous battle standard by the Japanese warlord Takeda Shingen.